371st Auction

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 200000r. on 5k. as vertical pair together with Transcaucasia Ararat 150000r. tied by  georgian script cds. "AKHALTSIKH 24 10 23" to reverse of registered cover sent from the Akhaltsikhe Sovjet to Tiflis with arrival mark, small paper remnants on front, a scarce and attractive cover

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 200000r. on 5k., two singles and 300000r. on 20k. black overprint tied by  georgian script cds. "TBILISI 9 9 23" to reverse of registered cover to Batum with arrival mark, some paper remnants on front, otherwise fine

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 300000r. on 20k. black overprint with additional franking tied by  georgian script cds. "TELAVI 10 9 23" to reverse of registered cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, minor imperfections, an attractive and scarce cover

1923, Hammer and Sickle overprint on Imperial arms type 300000r. on 20k. blue overprint as horizontal pair with additional franking tied by blue georgian script cds. "SURAMI 14 9 23" to reverse of registered cover to Tiflis with arrival mark, vertical fold affecting the additional franking, otherwise fine, a very rare cover and to our knowledge the only cover bearing the blue overprint

1923, The July handstamped issue on Armenia basic stamps, 15.000 on 15k. on Armenia 5r. on 15 K., two copies used on piece, one with additional franking and two singles used (faults) and unused each, some minor faults, very scarce

1923, The July handstamped issue 10.000r. on 7k. together with Allegory handstamp 80.000 on 3000r. tied by cds. "TIFLIS 5-7-23" to piece, rare

1923, The July handstamped issue 15.000 on 15k., type 3, as block of 8 and two singles with inverted overprint tied by georgian script cds. "TBILIS 23 7 23" to reverse of cover to Petrograd with arrival mark, rare

INCOMING MAIL: 1879, Italy Umberto I 5c. green tied by. cds "ROMA " to small, folded out, envelope addressed to the Consul General of His Majesty the King if Italy to Tiflis, with Odessa transit , russian censor mark and Tiflis arrival mark, some faults, but a scarce incoming mail item

1921, unfranked cover from the Swiss consulate in Tiflif dispatched on "8.12.21" and addressed to the Swiss consulate agency in Baku, reverse with arrival mark und cachet of the Swiss consulate, little roughly opened at upper right, otherwise fine

Légation de Géorgie en France: 1920, Semeuse 50c. strip  tied by cds. "PARIS 24 11 25" to pre-printed envelope "Légation de Géorgie" to Geneva, reverse with violet cachet "Légation de Géorgie en France CHANCELLERIE", some tears and small wrinkles, attractive and very rare  Finally, on 27th of January 1921 amongst other countries, France and England fully recognized de jure the Georgian Democratic Republic as an state and on 25 February 1921 Akaki Chenkheli presented his credentials at the Elysée Palace as Georgia's Minister Plenipotentiary to the French Republic. That same day Tiflis was occupied by the Bolshevik Red Army and the Georgian Socialist Soviet Republic was installed. The government exiled via Batum and Constantinople to Paris and the "Légation de Géorgie en France" (diplomatic representation of the Georgian Democratic Republic in France) was established. Khariton Chavichvili represented the "Légation de Géorgie en France" at the United Nations in Geneva and only a few covers of the correspondence between the parties were accessible. All known covers sent from Paris, addressed to Monsieur Chavichvili at the same address in Geneva, from 1923 to 1925. Some bear a chachet on revers

Légation de Géorgie en France: 1920, Semeuse 25c. and Pasteur 50c. tied by cds. "PARIS 1 2 24" to pre-printed envelope "Légation de Géorgie" to Geneva, reverse with violet cachet "Légation de Géorgie en France ", some tears and small wrinkles, attractive and very rare

FISCAL: ZEMO-AVCHALIS, 1927, Personal registration Tax, Hydro-Electric Dam 1r. brown perforated, tied by boxed cachet to complete passport, fine and scarce (Barefoot Nr. 2)

GEORGIA: Ceresa 2 volumnes, "Postal Cancellations 1918-1923" by Ashford and two other books (one copied), traces of use